Combined tie-plate and rail-brace.



W. E. MILLER.

COMBINED TIE PLATE AND RAIL BRAGB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1913.

1,113,462. Patented 0011.13, 1914.

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Attorneys CZZiWW; by W444 fit WILLIAM E. MILLER. OF PALISADE, NEVADA.

COMBINED TIE-PLATE Ann RAIL-senor aiaaea Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1913. Serial No. 786,288.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, VVILLIAM E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Palisade, in the county of Eureka and State of Nevada, have invented a new and useful Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Brace, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a railway tie anti-creeper, the main object of the invention beingthe provision of an integral piece of metal provided with a supporting base to fit upon the tie to be held against lateral or twisting movement and carrying an integral brace member adapted to engage the web and base of the rail at one side.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a bolt hole in the rail brace for the reception of a bolt connected to the web of the rail to properly lock the rail seated upon the tie plate and the brace, said tie plate being adapted to be spiked to the tie and such spikes adapted to engage the rail base at the point opposite the rail brace.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is' a perspective view of the present invention applied at one end of the tie. Fig. 2 is a cross section taken'through the tie and the tie plate' adjacent the spikes, dotted lines illustrating the position of the rail. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the complete tie plate. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the Plate and the rail showing the connection of the bolt to the rail brace.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the tie, and 2 the rail, a tie plate 3 provided with the downwardly extending and parallel flanges 4 being seated upon the tie, the upper surface 5 constituting a support for the base of the rail 2. The upper surface of the plate 5 is also provided with the two drain channels 6, which prevent the collection of moisture below the base of the rail when the rail is in the position as shown in Fig. l and direct such collected moisture to the ends of the plate and away from the tie. Formed integral with the tie plate, is the rail bracing member 7, which is adapted to engage one side of the web of the rail, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 4, a bolt 10 being disposed through the web of the rail and engaging the brace to lock the rail seated as shown in Fig. l. Two spike apertures 8 are provided in the tie plateto receive the two spikes 9, which are driven into the tie through such apertures and engage the base of the rail at the opposite point to the rail brace 7. Thus the tie is held against creeping, due to the spikes 9 and l1, the said spikes 11 being driven through the spike apertures 12 at the opposite side of the rail brace. After the tie plate has been placed in position upon the tie and traiiic passed over the rail, the same forms a rail anticreeper, as well as a tie anti-creeper, the relative position of the tie 1 and rail 2 being maintained at all times.

In positioning the present anti-creeper, the tie engaging plate 3 is positioned upon the tie, and the spikes 11 driven to hold the same upon the tie, the rail 2 is then positioned to have one base flange seated between the rail brace 7 and the upper surface of the plate 3 and the bolt 10 is then connected so as to lock the web against the brace. The spikes/9 are then driven and the plate and rail are-properly positioned upon the tie. Thus, the tie plate, the rail brace 7 and the bolt 10 in connection with the spikes 9 .coact to hold the tie against creeping and as before stated, after the rail and tie plate have been placed in use, and the tie has been properly sunken into the ballast the rail 2 is also held against creep-' ,ing.

What is claimed is:

A device of this character, including a plate having parallel 'fianges for embracing the rail carrying portion of the tie, said portion being provided with a plurality of moisture draining recesses thereupon and also a plurality of spike receiving apertures,

Patented Got. 13, 1914.

said recesses being alined with the flanges to In testimony that I claim the foregoing as direct the collected moisture to each side of my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature and .away from the tie, and a railbrace carin the presence of 'tWo Witnesses.

ried upon the upper face thereof and pro- WILLIAM E. MILLER. vided with a bolt receiving aperture to re- Witnesses: ceive a bolt to secure the brace with the web I M. H. WEBER,

of a rail. 1 GEO. B. Srmums. 

